European senior women's amateur team championship

Fiona De Vries (81) top scores for Scots

in gale-force winds and rain in Ireland

Scotland, with a total of 423, were lying fifth behind Ireland (410), Sweden (412), England (415) and Spain (420) at the end of the first qualifying round in the European senior women’s amateur team championship at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club, Ireland today (Monday). In gale-force winds and driving rain, the best score of the day was a 77. St Andrews hotelier Fiona De Vries (St Rule), pictured right, top scored for the Scots with a 81 – two ahead of Lorna Bennett (Ladybank).
Next came Moira Thomson (Gullane Ladies') and Fiona Hunter (Baberton) on 86 and Mary Smith (Tain) on 87.
Heather Anderson (Alyth) had the non-counting score of 92. Only the best five from six count in the two stroke-play qualifying rounds.
The top eight teams will progress to the top flight of the match-play after Tuesday’s second qualifying round.
The seven remaining teams will play for the minor placings

FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND
410 IRELAND: Phil O'Gorman 78, Helen Jones 81, Sheena McElroy 83, Violet McBride 83, Marilyn Henderson 85. Non-counting: Olivia Conroy [96]
412 SWEDEN: Viveca Hoff 77, Birgitta Ljung 80, Christina Birke 82, Anna Dønnestad 83, Anki Hermansson 90. Eva Lindberg [92]
415 ENGLAND: Chris Quinn 78, Janet Melville 82, Rozalyn Adams 84, Sue Dye 85, Jo Ashmore 86. Lucy Newton [93]
420 SPAIN: Catalina Castillejo 81, Ana Vilella 83, Christina Marsans 83, Marta Estany 86, Pia Allende 87 Vicky Pertierra [95]
423 SCOTLAND: Fiona De Vries 81, Lorna Bennett 83, Fiona Hunter 86, Moira Thomson 86, Mary Smith 87. Heather Anderson [90]
424 ITALY: Guenda Preti Moavero 82, Francoise Colmant 83, Alessandra Zoboli 85, Clotilde Fasolis Costa 86, Francesca Christillin 88, Marina Ragher Buscaini [94]
431 FRANCE: Cecilia Mourgue D’Algue 83, Virginie Burrus 83, Anne Lanrezac 88, Marie José Ibarlosa 88, Kadija Boutahchicht 89. Anita Remoleur [92]
432 GERMANY: Cornelia Schmidt-Stuetzle 82, Nicolle Eicke-Huth 84, Tessa Oldenbourg 84, Dagmar Lehmann 91, Karin Gumpert 91. Chris Utermarck NR
437 BELGIUM: Laurette Vanderlinder 84 Marie-Anne Toussaint 86 Larissa Khlundina 87 Anne-Francoise Decoster 89 Sonja Delport 91 Dominique Pelzer [93]
438 SWITZERLAND: Margrit Würsch Burki 83, Petra Müller-Kronenberg 85, Marie Christine de Werra 86, Carlotta Vannini Bianchi 91, Mimmi Guglielmone 93. Brigitte Huggel [99]
443 FINLAND: Anneli Alanen 84, Vuokko Karjalainen 87, Ulla Helminen 89, Eija Kettunen 90, Anna-Liisa Koskinen 93. Paivi Honka [98]
445 NETHERLANDS: Siene Dresselhuys 86, Coos Erdman 87, Neeltje Goossens 90, Dini Broeks 91, Liesbeth van Dommelen 91. Monique Verhoeven [99]
448 AUSTRIA: Monika Kriegl 87, Elisabeth Muhr 90, Karoline Bresitz 90, Maresa Handl 90, Andrea Reichel 91. Alexandra Hardegg [94]
458 DENMARK: Else Kalstad 84, Sígrid Johannesen 86, Karen Marie Bertelsen 93, Brigitte Wilms 96, Irís Christoffersen 99. Eva Heikamp [102]
485 SLOVENIA: Vjekoslave Gojcic 94, Sandra Vodnjov 96, Verena Slavec 97. Jasmina Dragutinovic 99, Marijeta Goebels 99. Ivanka Modic [112]

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